Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..

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Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Scansion :: Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise..
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.
Paused :: Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Paus.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Breath :: Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Attacca :: Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause..
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
Rest :: Rest (n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
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